Las Cruces, New Mexico Demographics

Las Cruces is 2nd in New Mexico out of 34 other cities in Current population (2012)

Las Cruces is 2nd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Households

Las Cruces is 2nd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Housing units

Las Cruces is 2nd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Las Cruces is 3rd in New Mexico out of 36 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Las Cruces is 3rd in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Las Cruces is 3rd in New Mexico out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Las Cruces is 3rd in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Size in square miles

Las Cruces is 8th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Asian

Las Cruces is 9th in New Mexico out of 45 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Current population (2012)	101,047	2nd	2,085,538	313,914,040
Size in square miles	76.5	3rd	121,298.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,276.2	16th	17	87.4

Age Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents younger than 5	7.1%	27th	6.9%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.3%	27th	24.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.6%	22nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.1%	18th	83.1%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.1%	10th	25.4%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Race - White	75.3%	19th	83.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.4%	9th	2.4%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.7%	26th	10.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	8th	1.6%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	14th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.5%	24th	2.4%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	56.8%	14th	47.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	37.5%	29th	39.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Female residents	51.3%	19th	50.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.2%	10th	9.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Housing units	42,370	2nd	908,132	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.8%	2nd	15.0%	25.9%
Households	37,355	2nd	762,002	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.4%	42nd	69.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$154,000	16th	$161,800	$186,200
People per household	2.5	33rd	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Income per capita	$20,684	19th	$23,537	$27,915
Income per household	$38,701	28th	$44,631	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.3%	19th	19.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Las Cruces	Rank	New Mexico	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,419	3rd	157,231	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,723,760	3rd	$24,469,997	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$19,338	12th	$12,429	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$211,578	3rd	$3,734,300	$613,795,732